Review – Shock Treatment

I guess I can see why the studio thought this was going to work. It’s got a lot of the same ingredients of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Of course in hindsight it’s easy to see where it goes wrong, too. There’s nobody in this production who comes anywhere near the talent or screen presence of Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon or even Barry Bostwick. But more than that, the grim truth about the original is that – once all the audience-response cult appeal is stripped away – it isn’t really all that good a movie either. And with that in mind, what could possibly be worse than a cult movie with no cult appeal? Wish I’d skipped it